Feb 07 Verizon ‘supercookies’ spark calls for federal investigation By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press Democratic senators on Friday called on federal regulators to investigate Verizon Wireless, the country's biggest mobile provider, for secretly inserting unique tracking codes into the Web traffic of its some 100 million customers. Continue reading
Sep 10 Websites ‘slow down’ for net neutrality awareness By Colleen Shalby Visit Tumblr, Netflix or Etsy today and you’ll find a spinning wheel at the top of your computer screen. These Web sites, among others, are participating in "Internet Slowdown Day" in an effort to raise awareness of net neutrality as… Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch News Wrap: Court throws out FCC’s rules on net neutrality By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal appeals court set aside the FCC's net neutrality rules. Now, major Internet providers can decide what can be accessed through their networks and at what cost. Also, the tap water ban has been… Continue watching
Oct 29 Watch New York Plans for Resilience New York power and telephone companies are taking precautions for the next big storm. Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch New York City Prepares for Future Hurricanes Miles O'Brien reports for NOVA on New York City's recovery from Hurricane Sandy. Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch Tech Giants Verizon, Microsoft Make Long-Term Bets on a More Wireless Future Tech Giants Verizon, Microsoft Make Long-term Bets on a More Wireless Future… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch US Government, Industry Fed up with Chinese Cyber Theft; What’s Being Done? U.S. Government and Corporations Fed Up With Chinese Cyber Theft, Say Analysts… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch US Government, Industry Fed up with Chinese Cyber Theft; What’s Being Done? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 06 Watch NSA Secretly Collected Millions of Phone Records in Counterterrorism Effort NSA Secretly Collected Millions of Phone Records in Counterterrorism Effort… Continue watching
Mar 28 Phone, Satellite Companies to Redevelop Airwaves for New Wireless Products By Admin, PBS News Hour Last week, the Federal Communications Commission finished auctioning off $19 billion worth of public airwaves after a federally mandated switch to digital television freed up large sections of the nation's wireless "spectrum."… Continue reading